Butler's ethics

In Roger Crisp (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics. Oxford University Press (2013)
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This chapter analyses Butler's ethical theories, which are found primarily in Fifteen Sermons and A Dissertation of the Nature of Virtue. It covers his notions of superiority and authority, the supremacy of conscience, virtue, benevolence, and self-love.

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